What is a slave narrative? -- Who wrote early slave narratives? -- Who was the audience for slave narratives? -- Why was Frederick Douglass's word important? -- Why were stories about slave auctions important? -- How do slave narratives show how slavery affected families? -- What kinds of labor were described in slave narratives? -- Why were stories of escape told? -- How did emancipation affect slave narratives? -- Why were slave narratives collected in the 1930s? -- What can we learn from slave narrative viewpoints? -- What is the impact of slave narratives today?